The Black Rat Restaurant Winchester

If you got the The Times on Sunday on June 20th you will have seen our review in Style Magazine by Lucas Hollweg.

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/style/food/Eating_Out/article318152.ece

You have to subscribe to see the page, but some other bloggers have written up the review too.

Janet Harmer in caterersearch.com:

“Meanwhile, Lucas Hollweg of the Sunday Times enjoys eating in a circular, open-sided thatched hut outside at the Black Rat, Winchester. He particularly likes the pared down Sunday lunch menu offering just three starters, three mains and three puds. “It’s the sort of menu I generally like, too much choice sending me into a spin of indecision,” he explains.”

http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2010/06/21/333872/joel-antunes-and-tom-aikens-fall-foul-of-the-critics.htm

and

The Sunday Times, 20 June
Lucas Hollweg enjoys a good value lunch at The Black Rat, Winchester

My smoked ham-hock terrine with Agen prunes was an exemplary bit of pigginess: meaty, robust and shot through with grain mustard; the prunes, plump but not too sweet, a good contrast to the chunky pork. It came with nothing more than a slice of toast and a pile of leaves. The other starter on the list was buffalo mozzarella with peach and mint. I’m not entirely sure where they found a decent peach in May, but the thought, at least, was right for this scorching day. Our main courses were similarly ungimmicky: classic flavours cooked with care, but without unnecessary adornment. Lucie had a plump chargrilled leg from a farmed rabbit (wild tends to be small and sinewy), the smooth, lean muscle offset by a gentle mustard sauce, a blob of pea purée – thankfully, the only cheffy smear in the meal – spring-green hash, peas, pea shoots and a scattering of roast spring onions. My own main course was a small grilled mackerel, served on the bone, with lentils, tomato, salad leaves and a green herb sauce. (Three courses, 2 glasses of Prosecco, half bottle of Chablis and a glass of Beaujolais, about £80. Rating: food 4/5, atmosphere 3/5).

http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2010/06/21/333854/whats-on-the-menu-a-round-up-of-the-latest-restaurant-reviews.htm

Guide Girl in her weekend’s restaurant reviews round up of  What the Critics Say

“Lucas Hollweg of The Sunday Times enjoys eating in a circular, open-sided thatched hut outside at The Black Rat in Winchester. He particularly likes the pared down Sunday lunch menu offering just three starters, three mains and three puds. “It’s the sort of menu I generally like, too much choice sending me into a spin of indecision,” he says.”

http://www.caterersearch.com/blogs/guide-girl/2010/06/what-the-critics-say—a-round-up-of-the-weekends-restaurant-reviews-21.html